Happy Birthday, Willow!

You can probably tell how proud I am of Willow. Her name came from a small community that began in 1897 when miners discovered gold on Willow Creek. Also, she was named after Willow Bay, one of my mother’s favorite sports reporters.

As I’ve mentioned before, we’re four years apart. This meant that as we were growing up in the same house, we were each other’s best friends and worst enemies… depending on the day!

Now that we are both mature adults (don’t laugh!) we will probably get along much better. But one thing that will remain the same: I’m always so proud of her!

Not only does is she a great help with Tripp, she graduated high school more than a year early, and now is continuing her education at beauty school.

One of the reasons why I enjoyed shooting Life’s a Tripp is because she was there with me every step of the way. (Tune in to see her move to Arizona, attend school, and experience some hilarious beauty treatments with me!)

I have 2 sisters, and I know what you are talking about. It never changes, even when you get older. You fight, but you would stand together till the end.

robhart

Happy Birthday Willow!!!

Tim

Happy Birthday Willow!

AndreaB

Happy Birthday Willow B.!! My 9yr old daughter and I watched your show the other day and we cracked up. Y’all two are a mess!

TeePartyJeezus

Say what you will about the Palins, but they do put out some nice breeding stock. Looking good, Willy- can I interest you in a wine cooler or two?

Truth101

Get lost you toad.

Lisa G

Ignore ignorance.

Kara B.

There’s none left because apparently you drank them all.

Ed Fiskeaux

Happy 18th Birthday Willow!!!!!!!

Thomas Hubbard

Happy Birthday Willow, and I certainly hope that tank of gas your getting will last a while. I t may if you keep your foot light on the gas pedal!

Dawn Elle

Happy B day Willow! Love your show! Love your MOM! Wish only the best for your whole family! More shows!! more of Alaska! Pretty Please!! 18 is a GREAT age! Live the Journey!

http://www.prayerwarriorsforsarahpalin.org Irma

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLOW! God bless you in all you put your hands to do in the name of Jesus. Have a wonderful and very blessed adult life.

blueniner

Happy Birthday Willow, I love the chemistry btween Willow and Bristol on the TV show, they show how much they are joined at the hip despite little spats. Sarah and Todd did a good job of raising two beautiful girls.

Happy Birthday Willow! I was in Wasilla last week, I should have bought you a present. Stayed at the Lake Lucille Best Western. I’ll be back the first full week of August, I’ll take you and Bristol to Evangelo’s!!

Michael Mills

Happy Birthday Willow!

AndreaB

TeaPartyJeezus, Are you one of those trolls that gets paid to attack anything Palin online or are you just hateful and bats*** crazy?

Firelight

Happy Birthday Willow!!

william

Great to see the closeness you two share. Happy!

jan page

Happy Birthday Willow!

Julie Barrows

Happy Birthday, Willow. I have greatly enjoyed getting to “know” you via “Life’s a Tripp” and “Sarah Palin’s Alaska”, and I can see that you are growing into a very beautiful and smart young woman. You come from great stock, and I think your parents both rock! I would be so honored, tickled, and absolutely stoked to have your family representing the United States in the White House.

Now, today, 18 years later Willow has transitioned into a strong, fiercely independent adult woman who may some day smash glass ceilings with her own sonic booms. Today, for Willow is not merely a birthday, but a significant rite of passage.

The staff of US for Palin wish Willow a birthday and a future filled with love, joy, health, abundance.

phhhhh

Happy Birthday Willow! Bristol, I love your show!

Gary Ernsthausen

I think this means send a picture of Willow to the best single guy you know,, I chose 2 for Sky Rasmussen who turns 20 today too! He is on FB.

http://facebook Brenda

Happy Birthday to you Willow!!! I hope you have a great one at that. Birthday are so great if your young. Hope you have meany to come.

Melanie Angel Young

Have a wonderful and blessed birthday Willow… Your sister’s post is so sweet for your birthday!!! Have a GREAT day and enjoy LIFE!!! Welcome to the ADULT world!!! If you’re ever in ALABAMA… stop in and see me!

Sue Lynn

Happy Birthday Willow!!! Love the show …I’ll be tuning in next week!!!!!

Bevy

I LOVE July – and Willow’s b’day is just one more reason. God bless you Willow – LOVE the show … Happy Birthday to YOU!!!

TY POPE

your GOOD people happy Birthday

http://yavho0 millie

Happy Birthday Willow! Hope you have a wonderful day. I am really enjoying you on “Life’s a Tripp.”

Beverly Tilton

Happy Birthday Willow ! Hope you have a awesome day….

Charli Chad

Happy birthday willow! You’re all such beautiful girls!

otlset

Whoa…….Willow! Whew!

Patriot

I know outlset. She’s going to make some woman very happy one day. Too bad Mary Cheney’s already taken.

Lisa G

She would make anyone happy. Happy people have that affect on people. Have a good night. Kisses. MUAH

Happy Birthday!!!!! May your day be filled with Blessings!!!! May God touch your soul!!!! I remember when I turned 18, I thought I ruled the world!!!! Yes then reality hit. I remember my good friend from church(may he rest in peace) tell me “It’s all good!!”. So remember that!!! I know it’s kind of cheesey. But it’s true. Remember God is always with you!!! Through the good and bad!! Stay strong!!!!~Mariah Boland ;))

Kara B.

Happy Birthday, Willow! You share a birthday with my sister!

Patriot

Its a shame your not as pretty on the inside as you are on the outside.

Mariah

Hey uf you don’t like Bristol and her family so much why are you even here? Calm down. Your blood pressure must be really high. Lower it by relaxing and leaving here. Stop the hate.

Please grow up. You’re infecting the world with more negativity and ignorance than it can stand.

TeePartyJeezus

Um….it’s a blog that’s read by about twenty different people. Not exactly “the world”, that is, unless your life revolves around the Palins. If that is the case I hope you will seek out professional help soon.

Sue

They can’t help themselves, they need to see a doctor. Same people all the time, they run frantically to every Palin story on the web, to spew lies and hate. What pathetic, sad lives these people have- and the Palin’s meanwhile keep on living their happy, productive lives- quite unaffected by these pesky gnats.

Lisa G

People who know her would strongly disagree. I suggest you stop making stupid judgment calls Or stop projecting.

Patriot

When I look at these pictures I see wonderful disciples of Christ. There faces are so peaceful and Christ-like. God bless you Palin girls!

TeePartyJeezus

LOL- you remind me of the Palinbots who SWEAR Sarah Palin is Queen Esther from the old testament. Only Charles Manson had a more dedicated group of cultists than the Palins.

GrizzlyMom

OMG I had not heard that. They actually think she is Queen Esther? That is hilarious. Scary people.

liberty

No they do not think she is Queen Esther. But every normal person on here thinks you are a LUNATIC IDIOT GRIZZLY MOM. But I don’t think you are a LUNATIC IDIOT I know you are a LUNATIC IDIOT.

Kirstin

Happy Birthday, Willow! And good luck in beauty school!! (Cool career!) I almost went into that, but settled for nursing school instead!

Mariah

Kristin, how wonderful that you are/were in nursing school. My cousin is a nurse, and I think that it is a wonderful career!!!! Nice job!!!

Joseppi

Willow truly is a natural beauty.

TeePartyJeezus

Willow has that same “slutty stewardess” vibe that made her mom a star. Good for her : )

Patriot

It will bode well for her in evil hollywood. Which I’m sure she will stay far away from due to those “liberals” she despises so much (major eye-roll). Fast forward 3 years..another unwed mother writes a book titled “Hey We’re Slow Up Here – Meanies!)

Tawny Jones

Palin princesses from America’s Royal Family.

Joseph

Happy Birthday, Willow! Wish you the best in beauty school!

Sugarbear

@MARIAH, save your breath on patriot ” You can’t have a battle of wits with and unarmed person “

Mariah

True. That is vary true. He/she/it will be too narrow minded and will never open their blinds.

GrizzlyMom

Why do you keep misspelling VERY basic words Mariah?

Don Bernhardt

Happy 18th birthday

Mariah

Patriot, the reason that outset won’t compare, is because the gay commuity shows a numer of suicides. Let me remind you that the Christains arn’t the bullies. Also, Christain don’t commit suicides. Insted, there are the ones who would get murdered. Not so much the gays. I like many Christians were thretened because of what we believe. We also get bullied. More than the gays. So, don’t try to spew more lies and hide behind the curtins. Man up.

TeePartyJeezus

” Let me remind you that the Christains arn’t the bullies.”

Funny you should claim that, because the ONLY people who seem to have a problem with gays is christian fundies. Oh, and the Taliban.

LMA

I can’t believe you even took the time to comment on Mariah’s crock o’ shite. Christians get murdered?! Christians are bullied more than “the gays”?! For the first time, someone’s post has actually tee’d me off…and not because of the woefully misspelled words it contains.

otlset

Any data on who’s doing the bullying, and how widespread, and as a percentage of distinct populations? I mean besides your own hunch?

LMA

Again with the “prove it,” otlset? You know what? I’m tired of you. I have posted links an a few of my comments, and they go ignored by you and your fellow Palin fans. You NEVER post links to any of your assertions. So you can join Millie on my new list: People to Ignore on Bristol’s Blog. Our love affair is over. Have a great weekend.

otlset

Lol.

Mariah

That is not true. I have no problems will gays. My friends welcome them. So, troll get off of here. And get your friends off. You are off topic. This is about Willow’s Birthday. Not about everyone “hating” gays. Which is not true. So, go away troll.

liberty

Teeparty Jeezus Christians follow GODS law love the sinner hate the sin. Bible says it’s a sin we will all have to stand before GOD and answer to him. What will you say to GOD that he is wrong and you are right. He will say SATAN here is another one of your children and down you will go .

https://twitter.com/#!/ Juli

Tell Willow Happy Birthday from a friend. We all have been defending your family for 4 years so we feel like we know you even though you don’t know US. Willow is right on when telling you about disaplin Trip. NEVER feel Guilty as a Mom you are not there to be thier friend. You have to let them know that you mean what you say and you say what you mean. You started counting and didn’t finish you need to start and then finish and don’t go 3 1/2 because they will know you don’t mean it. (Watch Supper Nanny she has great insight) Don’t ask him if he wants to go to time out. If you get the Respect Factor as your Dad was explaining to you it only takes the count to 2 and they do what you want but you have to be consistant with him. I have helped raise 6 kids and have 4 grandkids. That makes me an expert like you Mom and Dad. P. S. I like Gino he accepts the whole package and seams loyal to you and your family. Better not let that one get away. Trip already is calling him Daddy. You don’t want to confuse him. Gino will be a great Dad and he adores you. Have fun they grow up way too fast.

Lee

Happy B Day Willow…..you and your sister are both so beautiful….I could spend all day just looking at your pix. I hope you will have many memorable birthdays together….

Emma Lora

Happy Birthday Willow. Continue to be good friends forever, your youthful, pictures reveal the fun you have!!Enjoy preparing for your career and stay the course. Ignore the liberals as they feel bitter and jealous while they “try” to trash you. I say “try”… because even if they use trashy rhetoric doesn’t mean they trash you. They only reveal they have trashy mouths.

GrizzlyMom

Why does everyone on here feel the constant need to instruct the Palin’s on ignoring the “haters” and just living their lives and “staying the course”. Are they slow? Do you not think they know this? If Bristol reads this blog (which I highly doubt) and sits at home and cries then she’s even more pathetic than I realized. But seriously these people are grifters and are playing the victim so people like you will buy their product and make them rich. They are no different than the pan handlers standing on the street corner holding up signs that say “car broke down…can’t feed my children..god loves you…please help.”

Patrick

Yes they are slow! As molasses and severely in need of advice on how to perform the most simple tasks!

Jellybean

The Palin’s put themselves out there, for money, but the delicate flowers must never be questioned. We must accept everything they do and say, otherwise we are “haters.” You see, even though the palin’s throw out comments that stir the pot and create division, we must never, ever be critical of the almighty palin’s. They must be protected, like a rare endangered species (that a palin would kill without a pang of guilt). The palin cultists gulp the koolaide and beg for more.

Truth101

The post is about Willow turning eighteen. You sound like a pathetic nutjob.

Truth101

Jellybean, The Palin’s put themselves out there, The Palin’s put themselves out there, The Palin’s put themselves out there,

Read it over and over again you pathetic human being.

Jellybean

Wow, aren’t you the sensitive one truthy. You must be personally invested in this grifting family. Hugs and kisses truthy, now go wipe your tears. You are a true palin patriot, never forget that.

Truth101

I rather be a patriot than a hater.

http://www.breakpoint.org Gina

Seeing that Willow is attending school to learn a trade that will help her support herself as an adult, your comment makes zero sense.

TeaPartyJesus

“your comment makes zero sense.”

You need to read it again, because it is spot-on accurate. It definitely doesnt comport with the way you wish things to be, and that’s probably where the disconnect comes from. Many people see the Palins as crass and opportunistic, and these people cringe at the idea of Palin holding high national office. You dont- you think Palin is suitable as vice president or even president. That is a profound difference of opinion, and explains the GULF that exists between red state and blue state america today.

otlset

The leftist meme-setting media has done good work on you. I truly believe Sarah Palin would make one of the best presidents the country ever had. This is based on her record of executive experience in various venues so far overall, her stellar work-ethic as revealed in the emails of her time as governor (as opposed to the lazy-a** party-boy golfer in chief we’re stuck with now), her genuine love of this country, her awareness that big government MUST be reduced and curtailed for the nation to survive, and her honesty and moral values that determine her decision making. And I’m not alone.

GrizzlyMom

You can’t run the country like a corporation otlset. And even if you could why wouldn’t we pick a SUCCESSFUL business person for the job…certainly not Sarah Palin. Based on two of her children having babies before they were married I find her moral values dubious.

otlset

But you REALLY can’t run the country like a “neighborhood organizer”, which the last miserable 3.5 years has shown us. Sarah Palin has been quite successful in her *executive* positions so far.

Patriot

“We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn’t that ironic?” –Sarah Palin, admitting that her family used to get treatment in Canada’s single-payer health care system, despite having demonized such government-run programs as socialized medicine that will lead to death-panel-like rationing, March 6, 2010

TeaPartyJesus

“The leftist meme-setting media has done good work on you. ”

No, actually, Sarah Palin herslef did “good work” on me- I looked forward to hearing her RNC convention speech in 2008, but within 10 minutes of her opening her mouth I knew she was a loose cannon who was going to have a detrimental effect on McCain’s campaign, and she didnt disappoint me one iota- she was every bit as snarky and superficial as her stump speech at the convention suggested. She has done nothing to change my mind since then, she has only re-inforced the idea that she is out for herself first and foremost, and is more than willing to “go rogue” when there’s a nice payday involved. This woman is all about the money and the ego-stroking and hasnt bothered to examine anything else that goes along with holding high national office. She is abysmally suited to politics.

Truth101

Patriot, “We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada.”

Palin was giving a speech in Canada and was telling a story about her parents. Palin was a little child at the time. Her parents had to go by boat or plane to get to a hospital in AK. Sometimes a medical energency would come up and her parents could not get to a hospital in AK because a snownstorm had shut-down all travel in and out of their little town. There was a long route that didn’t require a boat or plane that you could take into Canada and sometimes that was their only option. Do you have any clue what it was like 48 years ago growing up in Alaska? Alaska has only been a state for 53 years. Sarah Palin is the closest you will ever get to growing up like Abe Lincoln.

Stop sounding like an idiot.

Rosali Elzig

Happy Birthday Willow! Bryce Elzig went to Wasilla Middle School with you. He just graduated in May from Wasilla high two years early. He will be 17 in August.

Bristal

Happy Birthday Willow!

K

Bristol & Willow, love seeing your tongues!!! Nothing says “Happy Birthday, Sis!” like sticking your tongue out as far as possible . Also, love the super sexy, virgin vamping going on in that last photo!!! Adorable!!! WWJW ( what would Jesus watch) ? I’ll tell you what he would watch-two gorgeous but pure sisters striking provocative poses to show secular progressives that women can be sexy while remaining chaste!!! You both are role models for Piper, your younger female cousins and all American girls that look up to the 2 oldest Palin sisters!!! Rock on!!!

GrizzlyMom

LOL!

Truth101

When my daughter was Willow’s age she appeared in the same type of pics. She and her friends were making faces, sticking their tongues out and looking sexy.

What the h e l l is wrong with you?

Mariah

Everything is wrong with those trolls. They are so afraid of the truth and are not educated enough so they result in name calling. They hide behind the curtin. They are bullies who have no lives. Just ignore them. They want attention and nothing else.

Jellybean

wow, a dad or a mom commenting on her daughter looking sexy. Wow. You must be from Wasilla.

TeaPartyJesus

Jellybean Rocks!!! : )

Truth101

You must be from hell.

Sue

No he’s just their daddy.

Truth101

Jellybean, You must be ugly?

liberty

This is in reply to Patriot when they hustled over the border to Canada for healthcare Sarah was 2 years old and way back then Canada didn’t have government run healthcare look it up.

janel

Again… Willow is DA BOSSSS!

ImaLindatoo

You both are looking fantastic and AZ seems to agree with you! Can’t wait to see Willow make the move to AZ….she’s been in class w/one of my nieces at Beauty School….such coincidences!!!

Philip Alu

Happy Birthday Willow. Now, tell your mom that we need a president of the people, for the people, selected by the people and elected by the people and SHE IS THE ONE PERSON.

To all the nay sayers who say that the Palins are only out there to make money, what do you think JZ, his beautiful wife-Miss B, Tom Cruise, A-Rod, our senators and congressmen, etc are out there to do? From the beginning of time, people who want to get ahead work for a living , they don’t live in their parents basement and play on their laptops all day. Before August 2008, how many of us ever heard of Sarah Palin? Yes she had been a successful mayor , on very powerful boards and commissions in Alaska, and enjoyed a high 80% approval rating as govenor for her taking on the corruption in the oil companies and political parties. But who ever heard of her? She worked hard all her life and has a servants heart. When she was asked by Senator McCain to help his struggling campaign, she answered the call. After the election, she received over 200 requests to speak at various events all over the world. These requests came with big fees plus traveling expenses paid for. Just guessing here but I’ll bet she saw that she could parlay her talents into a successful motivational speaker. I have heard her in person twice and she rocked the sold out venues. This may not be the American dream she invisioned for herself or her family but why knock someone who is contributing tax revenues and a service to those who want to pay the price of a ticket. We all have the freedom to change the channel or not buy the ticket so you naysayers can do that too. BTW, do your talents rake in millions like any of the Palins? Just wondering. And happy birthday Willow.

TeaPartyJesus

“This may not be the American dream she invisioned for herself or her family but why knock someone who is contributing tax revenues and a service to those who want to pay the price of a ticket. We all have the freedom to change the channel or not buy the ticket so you naysayers can do that too. ”

This is a woman who, from time to time, likes to make noises indicating that she thinks she’s fit to be President. Her husband is about to appear on a third rate reality show. She herself once had a third rate reality show. Her daughter currently has a third rate reality show. These people have confused celebrity with high political office- they dont know that, to do one, you dont do the other, meaning cheapen yourself by making yourself something equivalent to a birthday clown that gets paid to show up and tie baloon animals.

I know that you, also, dont discern the difference between a suitable presidential candidate and a reality show cast member- they are one and the same to you. And that’s why our country is for all intents and purposes, doomed.

Truth101

Sarah Pali is fit to be POTUS.

Hey PartyScumbag, Tell me what the show is about that Todd will be in? For starters, Todd will not be making a penny off of that show. He is doing it for charity.

SPA was a great show. I learned a lot about Alaska. Bristol is being Bristol.

The only problem with this country is it has people like you in it that hop around trashing everything Palin. Get lost you loser.

Also it is because of people like you that this country is doomed Sarah resigned as Governor because it cost the state of Alaska over 2millon$ to defend her it cost the family over 500,000$. Because of haters like you who were paid to make up all those phony ethics complaints which were all thrown out by the way she wasn’t able to do her job anymore because she was spending all her time fighting those phony ethics charges.

Patriot

Oh so she didn’t get a 7 million dollar book deal?

Truth101

Patriot, The governor and her family had over $600,000 and more to come in legal fees. As governor she made $125,000 a year. You have no clue about Alaska law. She was allowed to go on the book tour but that doesn’t mean she was allowed to make any money off of it. Remember, Gov. Palin’s $600,00 legal debt was accumulated in less than a year. She still had 1.5 years to go until the end of her term. Plus you could still file ethics complaints up to 2 years after the governor resigned.

She has an outrageous legal debt that she had to pay out of her own pocket for doing nothing wrong. How insane is that? For doing nothing wrong, can you hear me? For doing nothing wrong.

I don’t have a problem that they make money Eileen but don’t expect me to respect someone who quits on the people of Alaska so she can increase her bank account. Why are her fans so surprised that she is hated throughout the country? She is intentionally polarizing. She plays to her base by being sarcastic and nasty. Compare all of the ugly things she has said about the President and his family to the words they have said about her and her family? She has every right to disagree with his policies and believe it or not I am glad there are conservative voices in our country. But rather than being a statesmen she is disrespectful and nasty to get applause and make money.

Truth101

GrizzlyMom, Why are you here? Get lost you loser.

Truth101

First, Gov. Palin has said nothing about Obama’s children. When she addresses the First Lady it has to do with her telling us what to eat.

As far as the POTUS, Gov. Palin has been right about everything that m a r x i s t is doing to destroy our country.

GrizzlyMom

Yes how dare the First Lady encourage NUTRITION in children. What a monster!

Truth101

The First Lady is not encouraging anything. She is making you do it. No free will.

otlset

Yeah right, while she sneaks off hypocritically and eats creme pies.

Patriot

Of course conservatives want their children fat and stupid just like their heroes.

Jellybean

You really are a hardcore fan truthy. And you watch far to much Fox News. Marxist, hahaha, typical contard talking point, straight off Hannity.

Are you scared that your twinkies and chips are going to be banned? Even the our great first lady doesn’t have that power.

Truth101

I don’t watch Foxnews. I don’t like twinkies but I like chips. The First Lady does have the power. It is called Obama.

liberty

WELL Patriot have you seen Michele Obama she has big ol butt she must be eating a lot of junk taking it from us so she can scarf it down. Look at Sarah she eats what she wants and she doesn’t have a BIG OL BUTT LIKE MOOCHELL OBAMA.

Jellybean

you would know liberty, your farther up sarah’s butt than Glen Rice was on their one night stand.

Truth101

Jellybean, Oh look, you can always tell when the trolls are losing the augment and can’t take the heat. Out comes the filthy sick mind. Out comes the lowlife piece of scum that you are. Get lost you sick human being.

Jellybean

truthy, you in it to win it, aren’t you? Soon you’ll pass liberty and be smelling what SP had for lunch yesterday.

Truth101

Jellybean, Like I said, you are the lowest scum of the earth.

Sue

Jellybean is one of those pathetic “palingate” trig-truthing loons that believe every lie put out by Jeannie Devil- Griffyn- and all of the other weird outcasts. In fact JB is probably one of them. They get together with all five or so of there friends and make up lies to feed the press and other palin-obsessed haters ( and Joe McGuiness). The press finally caught on that they are full of lies, so now they just haunt every Palin story that they can find and repeat the same vile junk over and over. You can tel who they are by what they say and the terms that they use.They hate everything to do with Palin, they hate her family, her friends, and anyone that dares to speak one nice thing about her is attacked. The sad thing is, they don’t even realize that they desperately need to seek help, as their mind is unstable, delusional and extremely unhealthy. The good thing is normal people are appalled by their behavior (whether Sarah-fans or not) and realize the treatment that the Palins have endured. the other god thing is, these people will reap what they sew.

joe

Sarah most certainly hid behind her daughter in the post right on this blog, that was directly addressed to Obama’s children. SHAMFEFUL.

Truth101

I will point this out to you once so listen. This is Bristol’s blog. That is why it is called Bristol’s Blog.

liberty

joe you are a LUNATIC WITH PDS GET SOME HELP.

Truth101

Jellybean, Like I said, you are the lowest scum of the earth.

joe

Somebody needs to tell you how to eat fat ass.

liberty

joe thats not a nice thing to say about your sweetheart MOOCHELLE OBAMA.

Michael

@ GrizzlyMom — if you don’t like Gov Palin, that’s fine. If you want to criticize her, that’s fine too. However, you really should at least ATTEMPT to get your facts straight. She did not QUIT on the people of Alaska, she was forced out by a bunch of leftist troublemakers who made it impossible for her to do her job. Prior to being thrust into the national spotlight, she was a successful governor with an approval rating in the 80% range and a track record of reaching across the aisle to work with Dems as well as those within her own party. In the course of the 2008 election, it became clear she had gained national popularity. Afterward, every leftist crank in Alaska began filing bogus ethics complaints against her. She found she was spending all her time (and her family’s savings) defending herself from these fraudulent charges. Of the 16 complaints filed against her over the next year, she was cleared of wrongdoing in 15 of them and found liable for one minor paperwork violation in the other, for which she paid a small fine. However, the Dems in the state legislature suddenly discovered that they couldn’t work with her. As a result, her legislative agenda was stonewalled. Now, she could have dug in her heels and stayed in the governor’s mansion and allowed the state’s business to grind to an absolute halt, while driving her family into bankruptcy defending herself from the never-ending flood of bogus complaints. However, she chose to put the interests of the people of Alaska ahead of her own political ambitions and step aside for the good of Alaska. Outside of Ford pardoning Nixon in 1974, it was the most politically courageous move I’ve ever personally witnessed.

Patriot

“From the time of her infamous wardrobe selection, money had been an issue in Palin’s politics. Her relationship with the McCain campaign had been plagued by financial misunderstanding. In her book Going Rogue, she claimed that the McCain campaign had left her on the hook for her Troopergate bills. Palin was furious. “Deep down, she wanted to make money,” a McCain adviser says. “There was always financial stress. They’re not wealthy people.”

Palin knew there were ways to solve her money problems, and then some. Planning quickly got under way for a book. And just weeks after the campaign ended, reality-show producer Mark Burnett called Palin personally and pitched her on starring in her own show. Then, in May 2009, she signed a $7 million book deal with HarperCollins. Two former Palin-campaign aides—Jason Recher and Doug McMarlin—were hired to plan a book tour with all the trappings of a national political campaign. But there was a hitch: With Alaska’s strict ethics rules, Palin worried that her day job would get in the way. In March, she petitioned the Alaska attorney general’s office, which responded with a lengthy list of conditions. “There was no way she could go on a book tour while being governor” is how one member of her Alaska staff put it. “

Truth101

OMG! When McCain picked Palin there was no financial stress in their lives. Stop lying. Let me give you a clue how we know. The Palins had to realease their tax returns for the election.

Sarah Palin went into the governor’s office of modest means and left over $600,000 in debt. There was no debt in the Palin househole when McCain picked her.

You tell me how she was going to pay a $600,000 legal bill making $125,000 a year. That was the at the time she resigned and there were stil plenty of lawsuits that had not been ruled on yet.

You people are freckin kooks. It was not enough that you pushed her to resign. It was not freckinn enough that you spreaded all kinds of lies and rumors and gossip about her.

You are so freckin mad that you were no able to bankrupt the Palin family.

How sick is that? It must suck to be your kind.

otlset

“…quits on the people of Alaska to increase her bank account.” Another drone content to swallow the quick-cut leftist meme of why she resigned (although I suspect Griz and her fellow nit-pickers KNOW the real truth about her being forced to divert her time and the state’s resources to confront the baseless and fraudulent harassment lawsuits brought by leftist Democratic-machine drones there to bog her down and destroy her political career, and her resultant looming family bankruptcy as well as a result). The lawsuits were frivolous, all of them thrown out, Palin was vindicated in the end. And as proof they were aimed specifically at her is the fact that Gov Parnell who took over and has the same political stances as she did, has not had a single similar lawsuit aimed at him since taking over. It was all an attempt by snit-filled liberals who sensed the great popularity she had to do anything to derail her career specifically. Scoundrels, all of them.

But of course its easy for biased fools to simply and dishonestly say “quitter”.

Patriot

If they were frivolous why didn’t she stay and fight them? If she was such a great governor and so concerned about the people of Alaska she would have stayed and done her job and ignored the “snit-filled” liberals. If she can’t take them on how will she be able to take on the dictators and despots on the world stage?

Truth101

Once again get your facts straight, Gov. Palin had nothing to do with the clothes. When she arrived at the convention the clothes were already there. The reason why they costed so much is because they didn’t know the sizes of the Palins so they bought everything in several sizes. The corrupt liberal NYT even wrote about it after the election was over. The AG told Gov. Palin she could do the book tour. There were no strict rules for the book tour. End of story. Research is your friend. Try using it.

It has nothing to do with taking on the liberals. It had to do with the liberals trying to bankrupt her and her famiy and you know it. When she resigned from office she already had over $600,000 dollars in legal fees to pay. Tell the truth. You many like it.

otlset

She did her best, but it took away from the business of governance, diverting her attention and causing a drainage of state time and resources as a result, but more importantly her legal fees for defense was going way beyond the modest resources of her family at the time. The state was prohibited from providing for her defense, she and family were on their own. It became clear as more and more of the idiotic groundless lawsuits were filed demanding more and more of her attention away from state business and mounting legal fees which threatened financial ruin to her family something had to give. She is from modest working class beginnings without much money, not one of the usual politicians born into privilege and wealth with resources to fight any legal challenge such as Gov. Palin had to endure…and which ultimately helped contribute to her resignation. But her resignation had several benefits: 1) The state gained a governor in Parnell with a similar conservative mindset and goals, but without the legal jackals hounding him at every turn limiting his effectiveness as governor. 2) She was free now to earn money to pay down the legal fees, as well as secure her family’s financial security (“Going Rogue” the book of the year 2009), and also to involve herself more fully in national affairs and politics.

The presidency has no such threat from phony lawsuits, thus Gov. Palin would freely be able to govern effectively if elected — and most importantly not for personal gain as most other politicians (with help from their special-interest crony-capitalists) but to serve our country with a true “servant’s heart” holding the needs of the country above her own. I believe this, and I reiterate that she would likely become one of the best and most productive presidents ever.

Truth101

Patriot, ‘If they were frivolous why didn’t she stay and fight them?’ You know the answer but I will spell it out one more time for you. She did stay and fight as long as she could to the tune of $600,000 and counting. She had to hire her own lawyer and pay for the lawyer out of her own pocket. The state doesn’t pay for ethics complaints filed against the governor or anybody on her staff. The liberals knew the governor was not a rich woman and that is why they filed the frivolous complaints. They wanted to bankrupt the governor. She could not even take vacation time to leave the state without a frivolous complaint being filed. When the governor realized they were not going to stop filing the frivolous complaints and the complaints were stopping her from doing her job, she had two options. 1. Spend all her time on frivolous ethics complaints and bankrupt her family. 2. Resign.

Millie please. I can promise you that nothing would please the liberals more than Mittens selecting her as his running mate. Please please please let this happen.

Truth101

You can always tell what you don’t want to happen from a liberal.

Jellybean

What exactly is there to fear? She teased and teased for months about her decision to run, until she couldn’t tease anymore. She knew that once she made her decision the flow of money would dry up, and it has. Cripes, her only paid speech as of late was to a convention of right wing bloggers.

How often have we heard this saying “don’t retreat, reload” from SP., yet that is exactly what she did in resigning from her position as govenor. She resigned because she was writing a book and had more money making opportunities. I would have respected her more had she been honest. But she had to play the victim card., and she played it very well.

Patriot

Isn’t if funny how she’s not out on a bus tour this summer? You know restoring faith and educating the people with her expert knowledge of american history.

Jellybean

Wasn’t that whole bus tour thing weird? How long did that freak show last? As usual, Sarah quit when she got bored of the whole thing.

Patriot

I know Jellybean…weird and nothing but shameless promotion on her part. One of my favorite moments: “He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin’ sure as he’s riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed.” –Sarah Palin, botching the history of Paul Revere’s midnight ride, June 3, 2011

Excellent TeaPartyJesus. Don’t know how I missed that last year but it certainly explains her “tour” and clearly reveals her integrity…or lack thereof.

TeaPartyJesus

I just wish Sarah’s cultists would quit mistaking this for “hate”. They may “hate” the facts that we are bringing to light, but we are doing it in the hope that they see the object of their affection through a clear lens of reality. We dont do it out of “hate”- indeed, we do it out of a deep and abiding love of the Truth…..

Truth101

She was honest. You just didn’t want to hear it and nobody cares who you respect because you are a liar.

otlset

She made fools out of the media, making them guess where she was going, and actually chasing her bus in a clownish caravan of news vehicles. She played the foolish media like a fiddle, forcing them to play her game and keeping them guessing, meanwhile wherever she went average people lucky enough to be near her destination crowded around her as she arrived with the usual adoration and good wishes. Nobody can draw a crowd like Palin, pack speaking halls and outdoor malls like her, or have lines of people blocks and blocks long standing for hours and hours just to shake her hand and get their book signed. That’s natural charisma most politicians would pay fortunes for.

Truth101

Patriot, Where do you get your info from Alan or Jellybean? Here is something you can tell your children. On second thought please don’t reproduce.

Bostonherad

“Sarah Palin yesterday insisted her claim at the Old North Church last week that Paul Revere “warned the British” during his famed 1775 ride — remarks that Democrats and the media roundly ridiculed — is actually historically accurate. And local historians are backing her up.

In fact, Revere’s own account of the ride in a 1798 letter seems to back up Palin’s claim.

Boston University history professor Brendan McConville said, “Basically when Paul Revere was stopped by the British, he did say to them, ‘Look, there is a mobilization going on that you’ll be confronting,’ and the British are aware as they’re marching down the countryside, they hear church bells ringing — she was right about that — and warning shots being fired. That’s accurate.”

Truth101

Jellybean, “made her decision the flow of money would dry up”

Gov. Palin did all those paid speeches the first year after she rsigned so she could pay off her legal debt. She now does enough paid speeches to pay her bills. After all she has bills to pay just like everybody else. She does non-paying speeches because she wants too.

The reason why she has been quiet is because Todd has been involved in a TV show.

You liberals love to live in your own fantasyland when it relates to Gov. Palin. Keep it up!

liberty

RIGHT ON otlset THE liberals thought they could bankrupt her. It was coming directly from the white house Obama was mad because Sarah told the truth about his radical past. She is living rent free in his little pea brain.

Jellybean

Wow, if you get any farther up SP’s behind liberty, you’ll be crawling out of her mouth. You are shameless in your adoration of $aint$arah. Worse than a teenybopper at a Justin Bieber concert. Take your meds liberty.

Hope you had a fun-filled, joy-filled, happy-filled Birthday Willow! May you enjoy your life each day and rejoice and be glad in it!

Truth101

Happy Birthday, Willow!

Terri

Happy Birthday Willow!!!! All the best to you

Also all the best to you Bristol and to your family!!!

cathy

Nothing but losers

Truth101

Where?

otlset

One of them’s right above you.

otlset

Lordy now there’s one under me!

Patriot

Look in the mirror truthy

Truth101

Right back at you, Loser!

Patriot

LOL!

liberty

GET SOME HELP FOR YOUR PDS

Patriot

Oh otlset…upper case for shouting? If only you could choose helvetica your life would be complete wouldnt’ it. Try to update your references dear.

Lisa G

What’s your reason for taking time out of your crazy busy day to leave a negative, hateful comment on a blog belonging to a person you don’t know? While Bristol’s out earning a living fishing, you’re chilling with your computer projecting your unhappiness onto her.

Patriot

Lisa G whats your reason for taking time out of your crazy busy day to defend someone you don’t know? Did you earn a living today? Did you project unhappiness towards anyone? And while I can’t speak for anyone else here I am a very happy person and I love my life! Regardless of what the “Fan” club around here says I don’t get paid to post any comments. And most of the regulars here…if they were really honest with themselves enjoy the back and forth. Can you imagine how boring this blog would be if it was one “hey your great and pretty and awesome” post after the next. And if thats what you really want why don’t you create a Bristol Palin fan site devoted to her and you can go on everyday and talk about how great she is and how much she inspires you.

Jose

Happy Bithday, Willow!

http://www.twitter.com/xthred xthred

I’ve thought Willow was a brat. But she’s not. She just doesn’t take any crap. (Piper is my favorite)

Truth101

Bristol, I bet you never thought wishing Willow a Happy birthday would attract a couple of trolls that can’t seem to get over their weird obsession with your mother.

What makes people like that?

liberty

IT’S because of their desease called PDS and their worship of their master Obama because they want all that free stuff that Obama is promising them. All they do is sit in their parents basement with the script that has been sent to them to post the same stuff over and over and over again.

Patriot

Liberty! PDS, BDS, parents basement, scripts from master. This is really old material. Surely you can come up with something new. Go eat a banana to boost your potassium and try again.

liberty

patriot why don’t you go eat an apple i’m sure your father has some laying around.

Jesus

Lol. Clearly your idol Sarah palin never took a bite out of it

Lisa G

No, it’s because they 1. don’t have a fulfilling life 2. Are incredibly unhappy people with way too much time.

Dear bored haters, you could have EVERYTHING the wealthy have if you’d just get off your rear and WORK for what you want.

Happy Birthday, Willow! By the way, I love the gorgeous Newfy puppy! Name? Age? I used to be owned by two of those gentle giants. Enjoy!

Linda

Is Willow’s birthday on July 5th or 7th? Conflicting information all over the web! My son’s birthday is the 7th so I’m just wondering if they share a birthday or not.

Lisa G

5th.

Charli Chad

Both of your outfits are awesome. Where’d you get your shoes?!

Susan Brown

Have you made those reports to FBI and Homeland Security??? If not I would be glad to send both of them the clips of the show for proof you have been getting so many death threats from the hating Satanic liberals. You must stay safe and keep your children safe so file those reports Ms. Palin, ASAP. or just tell me and I’ll do it for you.

CroMag

LOL- you guys always crack me up when you act like the Palins are royalty, or heads of state. Sarah is a has-been politician, and that’s about it. Get a grip….

Sue

It is illegal to threaten people with death, and I’m sure that the FBI looks into these things. Like the weirdo stalker boy that was arrested by the FBI for harassing the Palin lawyers. If you people think that you are truly hidden behind the internet, think again.

Mariah

Amen!!!!!!!!!

Mariah

If they say that it’s not true……it’s called assult!!!! They clearly don’t know the law of the land!!

Sue

Oh, and the former special ops security that sometimes protects her will clean up any moron that thinks to try anything.

Mariah

Hahahahaha!!!!!! Yes!!!!

Patriot

Who is threatening them? Your just trying to scare people.

CJ

Belated HAPPY (18) BIRTHDAY wishes to Willow!! oxo

http://FaceBook Cricket Nichols

To all the people that hate the palins…..GO TELL SOMEONE THAT CARES!!!

Mariah

To all you who hate the Palins so dearly that you would waste your time showing that hate: Just because you weren’t born a bafoon, doesn’t mean you can’t act like one!!

Andrew

Willow looks a little bit like Shawn Johnson. It’s not exact, but if you weren’t paying attention, you’d create a case of mistaken identity.

Colleen

Bristol, Those shoes you’re wearing look familiar – didn’t I see your mom rocking those heels during a recent speech? They look great on both of you.

john

gourgous willow ,beauty school ? you wrote the book ,or atleast you should write the book ,both beautiful ladies ,proof once again the right wing has all the hawt chicks common sense staight forward getting it done approach

Kipp

Willow has really sexy legs and feet. I would love to suck her toes.

Mariah

Wow. You don’t know the Palin family at all. Stop you hate. Learn to be kind for once in your life. Just say “hey I don’t like them so I won’t be here commenting my hate. I will learn to deal with it.”

So you know them? Tell me do they have a lot of gay friends? Are they supportive of the gay community’s struggle for equal rights? Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Mariah

Sarah has gay friends. Oh, just because she is strait doesn’t mean she hates all gays. You should read her book. And watch interviews. You will learn a lot.

otlset

“Struggle for equal rights” I don’t know, gay people are doing pretty well these days overall. They usually have a good standard of living, creatively contribute to their communities, improving neighborhoods, mostly harmless and usually good friends to all. They just want to get ‘married’ (as opposed to ‘civilly united’), so they can get divorced too.

Patriot

Outset. Why don’t you compare the number of gay teens who committed suicide last year because of bullying to the number of Christian teens who committed suicide because of bullying.

How vary sad. You need to lower that blood pressure. I strongly suggest you get your Claims striaght. Cause those Claims are not facts.

GrizzlyMom

I read Patriot’s link and those were direct quotes from Sarah Palin. Her record while she was governor speaks for itself. Facts are facts Mariah.

otlset

The only two positions that (according to the site linked, where it actually says in part of the title “…issues for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and “queer” (!!!, my quotes) Americans…” she has made on the issue is 1) She believes “marriage” should be between a man and a woman, and 2) she’s against singling out any crimes as “hate crimes” (as determined by liberal thought-police — where THEY decide what constitutes a “hate crime”.) as she believes all crimes against another are hate crimes (which I agree with). That’s it, and I agree with her positions.